Collar-button.



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Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

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OTTO W. SCI-IULZ, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

COLLAR-BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

Application filed April 14, 1916. I Serial No. 91,230.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, O'r'ro W. SoHULz, a citizen of the United States,residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado haveinvented new and useful Imo 0 provements 1n Collar-Buttons, of which thefollowing is a specificatlon.

This invention is an improved collar button, the object of the inventionbeing to provide an improved device of this character which is extremelycheap and simple in construction, which may be readily used, whichenables the collar to be readily adjusted or removed, which offers noobstructions to the slipping of the tie, which does not change the shapeof the button hole in either the tion, and arrangement of deviceshereinafter.

described and claimed.

In the accompanying draw1ngs: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a collarbutton constructed and arranged in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same in use, a portion of the neckband of a shirt and also a portion of the collar being shown in section.

In the embodiment of my invention, I provide'a plate 1 which may be madeof sheet metal or other suitable material and which is provided, atpoints spaced from its center with vertical slits 2 of suitable lengthand which extend down from its upper side. The portion 3 between theslits is offset outwardly and is bent in inverted U form to provide aninner arm 4 which is connected at its lower end to the plate and isspaced from the plane of the plate, outwardly extended shoulder 5 at'the upper end of j said'inner arm and a downwardly extending arm 6 atthe outer sideof said shoulder and the lower end of which isrounded andslightly out-turned as at 7 A lug 8, which i is struck up integral withthe plate, from an opening 9 in the shoulder 5, projects upwardly fromand is in line with the offset 4 and midway between the ends of thesh0ulder 5.

To insert the button in the neck band 1O 01": the shirt, the loose outerflap 11 of. the neck band is turned upwardly, the hook or arm 6 is putthrough the button hole, the plate oribase 1 is turned inwardly toarrange it between the folds of the neck band, the upper side of thebutton hole is engaged behind the lug and the device is then pushedupwardly, the offset 4 engaging the neck band above the button hole asshown in Fig. 2. V

' .The button hole of the collar is engaged with the hook 'arm'6, andthe upper side of the button hole of the collar is caused to bear on theshoulder 5 which prevents the collar from working downwardly.

Having described the invention, what isclaimed is: The herein describedcollar button comprising a plate, and having a hook comprisng an innerarm connected at one end to the plate and spaced from the plane of theplate, an outwardly extending shoulder at V the opposite end of saidinner arm, an arm at the outer side of said shoulder and opposite theinner arm and a lug which extends from the shoulder and which lies inthe plane of said inner arm.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

v OTTO SOI-IULZ.

Witnesses:

' MORRIS H. WEINBERGER,

Mrs. MORRIS H. WEINBERGEB.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. 0.

